Hamlin, A. D. F. (Alfred Dwight Foster), 1855-1926 · New York [etc.] Longmans, Green, and co. · leaf 158
eathed withslabs of rare marble inpanels so disposed thatthe veining should pro-duce symmetrical fig-ures. The panels wereframed in billet-mould-ings, derived perhapsfrom classic dentils ; the billets or projections on one sidethe moulding coming opposite the spaces on the other. Thisseems to have… … FIG. 72.—SlANDRII,. HAGIA SOIHIA. 126 HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE. bands around the arches, and the spandrlls between themwere covered with minute and intricate incised carving.The motives used, though based on the acanthus and an-themion, were given a wholly new aspect. The relief waslow and flat, the…
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